It is a lot of work but w/ the right people, it becomes a labor of love, which I don't mind. Have come close a couple of times to thinking we finally got it right and then one person or another gets on a head trip and it's not long b4 I'm casing my gitfiddle and saying happy trails & best of luck to you. So, I'll never be famous, or hopefully, develop an ulcer. But you just gotta keep on rockin'. Hey kids, rock n' roll, ooh my soul. :)

It can be fun, but dont kid yourself, its a helluva lotta work, and the work just gets more and more, the more successful you become.

There are very few bands that made it into the stratosphere of success, that were not plagued with inner-band-tensions. Most bands never make it out of the club level, because without any real success, its just not fun enough to keep going. A lot of it is hard, thankless work.

Didn't he also sing, "I love to work at nothing all day". Doesn't sound like he thought playing in a band was work, but fun. Most of time when I try to work into a group, when the fun goes, so do I. Life is too short for dramatics from any member of the group, so I just say thanks for the opportunity, and keep looking until I find the right bunch of people.

Bill (not Uncle Bill, the more accomplished member of our group who played in a few bands),

It's a hurried up lifeBut it's the life I chooseNo use in asking me to slow downCause I got nothing to lose

But time and time is all I've gotYou know I born standing up with a guitar in my handI'm not trying to come on like hollywoodBut hollywood is what I am

When we come into a new townEverybody's thereWhen we play our musicHands are in the air

When the music's overYou wonder where we areI'm standing in the silenceWith my old guitar

Rock is my life and this is my songIt's a crying shameThat some of us have not survivedNo use in asking how it happenedBut very few are left alive

I just wanna keep on makin' musicWe gotta keep on keepin' onYou're only as good as your last recordI know that someday we'll be gone, gone

When we come into a new townEverybody's thereWhen we play our musicHands are in the air

When the music's overYou wonder where we areI'm standing in the silenceWith my old guitar

Rock is my life and this is my songWhen we come into a new townEverybody's thereWhen we play our musicCandles light the air

When the music's over, overYou wonder where we areI'm standing in the silenceWith my old guitar, my only friendRock is my life and this is my song

Clint

--- In Classic_Rock_Forever@yahoogroups.com, 1 FINGER JR <admiral_panther@...> wrote:>> > hey, its the bussiness, alot of people come and go in th bussiness, ive been playing for 40 years now. i never have and most likely never go to a high school reunion, i celabrate school with my address, i was a junior high admiral and a senior high panther. thats as far as it goes cause school wasnt the best thing for me and i didnt like it. the longest male frynd i have is about 10 years and we still talk, i ve been married for 7 and am very happy now. ive seen many musicians, about 4 bands and am retired to the net and front porch,.i still play only when i want to and its more often in the summer cause it a good exscuse for going out and enjoying the weather. its a hard life but it can reward. my wife got me an amp and guitar for christmas, aka reward. i got her a photo copier. i love her to death, perhaps the gigging till 3am and going to work at 6 am helped fuel that love. something to think about,....jr> > 1 FINGER JR > REST IN PEACE MY> NEPHEW ANDY 18> WAS TOO YOUNG> > my music page, WARNING..> ENTER & DOWNLOAD AT> YOUR OWN RISK.> no garentees it will work, > > https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=documents&cid=8b5e8899514ad2f9#cid=8B5E8899514AD2F9&id=8B5E8899514AD2F9%21110&sc=documents>

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